We literally won this game at the line

[IthacaMatt]

When was the last time you said that about Syracuse - maybe the 2003 championship game ?

Both teams ended with 23 attempts. We made 20; they made 12. We won by 8.

 

[marz09cuse]

I don't know the numbers, but I would imagine we have a better FT shooting team this year than in many as far as team % goes. It also helped that we sent many of Pitt's worse free throw shooters to the line all game, and they did not disappoint.

 

[Ghost]

We definitely didn't win it by knocking down uncontested threes!

No, it was good to see a Syracuse squad go up there and knock them down. Melo hit a couple huge ones before we were in the double bonus. Very nice to see, and BT made an appearance late to knock a couple down - he's so money from the line.